Capital / Liquidity

    Capital / Liquidity

    Sri Lanka to Enact New Banking Act in 2021

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    The new Banking Act will streamline the licensing process, branch approvals, and adopt a proportionality framework for banking regulations, among other changes.

    Capital / Liquidity

    12 Banks Fail to Meet Bangladesh Capital Requirement

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    The total capital shortfall among the 12 banks was reported to be over $2bn as of the end of September, amid rising bad loans in the banking sector.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Introduces Supervisory Action Framework for Troubled UCBs

    By Editors | 09/01/2020

    Under the framework, the RBI will monitor UCBs’ asset quality, profitability and capital, and initiate supervisory action when specific thresholds are breached.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Three Emerging Risk Issues for Banks in Hong Kong

    By Simon Topping | 09/01/2020

    There are three key areas where Hong Kong regulators are expected to turn up the heat in 2020, says KPMG’s Simon Topping.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Bangladesh Banks Given Final Deadline to Cut Lending, Deposit Rates

    By Editors | 07/01/2020

    Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says banks have a final deadline of 1 April to bring down the maximum lending rate to 9% and the maximum deposit rate to 6%.

    Capital / Liquidity

    PBOC Announces First Reserve Requirement Cut of 2020

    By Editors | 03/01/2020

    The RRR cut will release about 800bn yuan of ‘long-term funds’ for financial institutions to lend to the real economy.

    Capital / Liquidity

    UPDATE – RBI Tightens Scrutiny of Urban Cooperative Banks

    By Editors | 31/12/2019

    The RBI is tightening exposure limits, mandating that a larger proportion of loans come from small borrowers, and requiring bigger UCBs to report large exposures on a quarterly basis.

    Capital / Liquidity

    CBIRC Issues Revised Regulations for Foreign Banks in China

    By Editors | 30/12/2019

    The revised regulations implement the removal of foreign ownership limits and asset thresholds for setting up local units, among other relaxations.

    Capital / Liquidity

    HKMA D-SIBs List Unchanged, HLA Requirement Adjusted for Two Banks

    By Editors | 28/12/2019

    Compared with the December 2018 list, the HLA requirement has increased for Standard Chartered and decreased for Hang Seng Bank.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Philippine Bourse Seeks Higher Capital Requirements for Brokers

    By Editors | 26/12/2019

    In the aftermath of a 700-million-peso stock theft, PSE president Ramon Monzon will reportedly propose to more than triple current capital requirements for older firms.

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